Gaudreau throwing that check is culture. It’s confidence and playing to an expectation and knowing that there is a team, and a few really tough guys who will support him if it’s needed. That hit is probably as energizing and Lucic escorting the puck to the net. It’s everyone pulling the rope the same. I’m sure the goalies are as excited when either gets a shutout, and it’s a team confident in their play and their system and each other. And fancy stats and traditional stats don’t measure that. And it’s also fickle, so hopefully it continues and makes for something special.
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